A good Catherine Coulter book. Her characters are interesting and believable. As always sexy and spicy. The heroine, Giana, has fallen in love with a vicious fortune hunter. Her mother is desperate to save her daughter and agrees to support the wedding if Giana agrees first to spend an unusual three months in Rome. Thus, Giana first sees Alex in a brothel. Then she is one of the virgins to be sold to the highest bidder. He wins the bid and her, but not for long. Later he meets her in London and he is set on revenge.

An interesting tale of a hope chest and the three women who hold the secret key. Lady Amanda Pratt in 1820's England, modern day Martina Chamberlain and Sara Tolliver from the year 2405 are the heroines of the three stories. Three women, three centuries and one destiny. A good read.

What do you do if your marriage is falling apart, your children are grown, and you're pregnant? The week of her fiftieth birthday, Liddy loses her job and learns that her husband is having an affair with one of her friends.

English professor Karen Holloway discovered a battered, faded manuscript of a 19th century poet called Ismeme. Almost ovsessively, Karen delves into her research to unmask the woman behind the mysterious name. but the clue she seeks are hidden in the poet's own words-as a ghost story unfolds before, a tormented voice from the past......

He has been watching her for years. He knows everything about Marissa and her family. And now he knows it's time to begin. He's been patient since her husband's death a year ago, but now it's time to claim the perfect family as his own.....